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To Mary Milroy from RH Milroy Aug 16th 1863

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(Top of front page, upside-down.)
To show how plainly Halleck villianry sticks out in packing a
Court to try me, he took three Brigadeers & inferiors in rank from active
duty to compose the Court while there are 16 Maj. Genls. laying around
idle & without any command from whom he could have taken three to make a
legal court

Washington City D.C.
Aug 16th 1863

My Dear Mary,

I recd. yours of the 6th
inst. two days ago. It is pleasing to me
to learn that you & the children are in
good health. I am still in good health,
I have been here over a week & the Court
of Inquiry to examine my conduct relative to
the evacuation of Winchester met on last
Friday a week ago, but have not yet
commenced examining my case, for the
reason that Halleck has been trying to
fix up a court that will shield him from
all blame & report against Gen. Schenck
& myself. Gen. Hitchcock the only Maj. Gen.
on the Court as it first constituted, though a
West Pointer, is known to be a high minded
honest old man & refused to lend himself to
Hallecks purposes & was relieved from the
Court & a new West Point Brigadeer who
had for a long time been a member of Hallecks
staff.

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(Top of front page, upside-down.)
To show how plainly Halleck villianry sticks out in packing a
Court to try me, he took three Brigadeers & inferiors in rank from active
duty to compose the Court while there are 16 Maj. Genls. laying around
idle & without any command from whom he could have taken three to make a
legal court

Washington City D.C.
Aug 16th 1863

My Dear Mary,

I recd. yours of the 6th
inst. two days ago. It is pleasing to me
to learn that you & the children are in
good health. I am still in good health,
I have been here over a week & the Court
of Inquiry to examine my conduct relative to
the evacuation of Winchester met on last
Friday a week ago, but have not yet
commenced examining my case, for the
reason that Halleck has been trying to
fix up a court that will shield him from
all blame & report against Gen. Schenck
& myself. Gen. Hitchcock the only Maj. Gen.
on the Court as it first constituted, though a
West Pointer, is known to be a high minded
honest old man & refused to lend himself to
Hallecks purposes & was relieved from the
Court & a new West Point Brigadeer who
had for a long time been a member of Hallecks
staff.

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.